Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
See Earth from space.
Things you want to do before you die?
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Well, I guess there're a few:
- be around and contribute to the cure for aging
- help reduce the opportunity cost of Justice
- get my very own power armor a la Iron Man
- drink the beer that Perfection buys me
- help conquer involuntary death
- leave Earth on my own starship
- be around and contribute to the cure for aging
- help reduce the opportunity cost of Justice
- get my very own power armor a la Iron Man
- drink the beer that Perfection buys me
- help conquer involuntary death
- leave Earth on my own starship
Hygro
soundcloud.com/hygro/
make a contribution worthy of my potential
Gustave5436
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This, except replace "cure for aging" with "technological singularity."
Just go visit BC (Victoria or Vancouver) and you'll be able to cross off everything on your list.
As for me, I want to:
- attend a (soccer) World Cup
- attend a Stanley Cup Finals game
- see the Canucks win a Stanley Cup
- attend an Olympics (might have to visit Vancouver next year, even without event tickets; atmosphere should be great)
- have a family
- travel somewhere warm in the middle of winter (I think I'm the only person I know who's traveled to colder places mid-winter)
I'm sure I'll think of more later...
xgmx
Prince
Don't we all.
SS-18 ICBM
Oscillator
No, some of us realize that immortality would get tiring.
useless
Social Justice Rogue
Find a partner.
Go outside.
Deal with my issues/problems.
Not in any specific order though.
Go outside.
Deal with my issues/problems.
Not in any specific order though.
Greizer85
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Better tired than... dead, you know.
If I cannot live a million years (or eternally), then I guess I'd like to do something worth writing or write something worth reading - preferably both. Not sure if I can ever find the courage, skill, effort etc. Tbh, I already live like I had a million years.
SS-18 ICBM
Oscillator
That kind of boredom will make you wish for death.
Greizer85
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Yes, well it would still take billions of years. I am not in the least bit bored right now and I'm not even rich or anything; if I could live to the time of interstellar travel, goodbye boredom for the next 'N' years that it would take to explore all the galaxy...
xgmx
Prince
There is no way you can know that, you haven't experienced it.
SS-18 ICBM
Oscillator
There is no way I can know what happens when a tungsten rod impacts me at 0.99c because I haven't experienced it either. 
xgmx
Prince
There is no way I can know what happens when a tungsten rod impacts me at 0.99c because I haven't experienced it either.
What is a tungsten rod?
Angst
Rambling and inconsistent
Too late for my insides.
Perfection
The Great Head.
Depends. I surmise I could keep asking questions forever, if I could get them answered, then immortality would be worth it.
IIRC, it's similar to titanium. Might be involved with the production of it.
Could, be wrong...
but I do know that it is a hard material
Bluemofia
F=ma
IIRC, it's similar to titanium. Might be involved with the production of it.
Could, be wrong...
but I do know that it is a hard material
Metal with highest melting point. I think the US military is considering equipping Satellites to drop those things from orbit to smashy up targets with KE alone.
In no particular order:
Get a PhD in Physics and/or Astronomy
Go into orbit
Land on the moon/another planet
Visit every continent
See a Solar Eclipse
Eat enough ramen things so I can wallpaper my room with them (I think I've got 500 more to go)
Get married
Have a big goldfish pond
See a Supernovae (Preferably Eta Carine or Betelgeuse)
And a few more that I don't feel like mentioning.
MagisterCultuum
Great Sage
I don't think Tungsten and Titanium are particularly similar at all. I don't think Tungsten is known for its strength or light weight, but for its high melting point. If I recall, it is hard but very brittle instead of strong.
I would say to check your light bulbs to see an example of tungsten, but those probably aren't incandescent anymore.
I would say to check your light bulbs to see an example of tungsten, but those probably aren't incandescent anymore.
